[Sherman Logan]

You are right, of course. There was a famous massacre of Unionist Germans trying to get to Mexico so they could eventually join the Union Army.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueces_massacre

My point was that the huge majority of immigrants went to northern states, not that none went to the South.

[RegulatorCountry]

My family has old letters from Confederate ancestors, and they were convinced they were fighting Hessian mercenaries, just as their grandfathers had in the Revolution.